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... characterised precisely by this commitment to ' life ' in the sense of non - determined spontaneous creativity . It follows , then , that great literature is not a passive response to reality , but rather an active agent influencing ...
... characterised precisely by this commitment to ' life ' in the sense of non - determined spontaneous creativity . It follows , then , that great literature is not a passive response to reality , but rather an active agent influencing ...
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... characterised as specifically Christian . As Saurat points out , Milton's omission of any mention of the doctrines ... characterises Paradise Lost , and its Christ is , as we noted earlier , a man rather than a cosmic hero . But in ...
... characterised as specifically Christian . As Saurat points out , Milton's omission of any mention of the doctrines ... characterises Paradise Lost , and its Christ is , as we noted earlier , a man rather than a cosmic hero . But in ...
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... characterised throughout by an indifference to physical action , as opposed to inner moral development , ends with a ... characterises as marking the poem's end , is alien to the tradition of classical Greek tragedy . For 192 JOHN ...
... characterised throughout by an indifference to physical action , as opposed to inner moral development , ends with a ... characterises as marking the poem's end , is alien to the tradition of classical Greek tragedy . For 192 JOHN ...
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Goldmanns Genetic Structuralism | 8 |
A Note on the Problem of Aesthetics | 18 |
Lukács and Socialist Realism | 24 |
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